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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021

The Adverse Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Abdominal Emergencies: A Retrospective Clinico-Pathological Analysis.

Elena Vissio, Enrico Costantino Falco, Gitana Scozzari, Antonio Scarmozzino, Do An Andrea Trinh, Mario Morino, Mauro Papotti, Luca Bertero, Paola Cassoni

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elena VissioPathology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, "Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino" University Hospital, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3948-0641
Enrico Costantino FalcoPathology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, "Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino" University Hospital, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Gitana ScozzariHospital Medical Direction, Molinette Hospital, "Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino" University Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5108-3876
Antonio ScarmozzinoHospital Medical Direction, Molinette Hospital, "Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino" University Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Do An Andrea TrinhPathology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, "Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino" University Hospital, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3359-432X
Mario MorinoGeneral Surgery 1U, Department of Surgical Sciences, "Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino" University Hospital, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Mauro PapottiPathology Unit, Department of Oncology, "Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino" University Hospital, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Luca BerteroPathology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, "Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino" University Hospital, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9887-7668
Paola CassoniPathology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, "Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino" University Hospital, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1977-7410
University of Turin · ITFondazione Ricerca Molinette · IT

Funding

Banca del Piemonte Not applicable
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a worldwide significant drop of admissions to the emergency department (ED). The aim of the study was to retrospectively investigate the pandemic impact on ED admissions, management, and severity of three abdominal emergencies (appendicitis, diverticulitis, and cholecystitis) during the COVID-19 pandemic using 2017-2019 data as a control. The difference in clinical and pathological disease severity was the primary outcome measure while differences in (i) ED admissions, (ii) triage urgency codes, and (iii) surgical rates were the second ones. Overall, ED admissions for the selected conditions decreased by 34.9% during the pandemic (control: 996, 2020: 648) and lower triage urgency codes were assigned for cholecystitis (control: 170/556, 2020: 66/356,

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abdominal emergencyCOVID-19emergency departmentpathologysurgical emergency

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PMID34830534
PMCPMC8618829
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